Subsidiaries
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Courtesy of argo0, thanks Aaron for taking time out of your vacation to share some brew with us. Pours deep murky dark brown with tan head. The light aroma holds up some smoke, some roastiness and a bit of fruity ester goodness. The taste is full and, yes, tasty with rich roasty malts that move toward being highly roasted and coupled with a molasses note. Midway the roastiness becomes drying as the mild smokiness makes an appearance. Toward the finish the lingering mild notes of molasses fade away leaving malt roastiness into the after taste.
Tried
on 04 Dec 2008
at 20:50
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Cask [gravity] at EBF 2008, Copenhagen, Denmark. Clear medium to dark brown black color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, coffee, chocolate, licorice, vinous. Flavor is heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is creamy - syrupy, carbonation is flat. It was one of my first and last beers the first all the days at EBF, Mrs fonefan did as usual not drink much else than De Molen beers this time Cuvee and not Esra Res ... there must be something with great big wooden cask or is it Menno .. 120908
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Dec 2008
at 10:08
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught at EBF 2008, Copenhagen, Denmark. Unclear medium amber orange color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, roasted, caramel, moderate to light heavy hoppy, pine, orange. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat, finish feel is light alcoholic. 120908
Tried
on 04 Dec 2008
at 10:05
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught at EBF 2008, Copenhagen, Denmark. Light light unclear medium to dark yellow color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, fruit sweet, light to moderate hoppy, spicy, moderate to heavy yeasty. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily - syrupy, carbonation is soft. 120908
Tried
on 04 Dec 2008
at 10:02
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from tytoanderso - thanks! Pours a rich brown color with a big fluffy tan head. Nose is very sweet and roasty. Dark fruit. Smooth and calming. Tastes malty and light roast, a bit sweet like molasses, and dark fruits. Rich in flavor and balanced. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Dec 2008
at 11:19
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 33 cl Courtesy of MiP/yespr. Pours a slightly hazy golden with an off-white head. Strange unclean and astringent aroma. Quite full-bodied with sweetish fruit accents, some yeast and again this strangely spicy and unclean edge. Slightly astringent and bitter finish. 291108
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Dec 2008
at 08:30
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
(Bottled, 01 Nov 2008, bottle #566). Courtesy of bierkoning, ty Edo! Opaque black color, almost no head. Roasted coffee, dark malts, vanilla and cocoa powder in the nose. Intense palate, full body. Licorice, cocoa, dark coffee beans and chocolate in the flavor. Some vanilla notes. In the aftertaste hops dominate over roastyness and there is evident alcohol as well, but just a good amount of it. Propably one year cellaring has improved this a bit. Same time sweet, bitter and toasted. Another classic masterpiece from De Molen. This is actually quite close to Närke Kaggen Stormaktsporter, but slightly sweeter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2008
at 16:52
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottled. A pitch black beer with a collapsing brown head. The aroma is sweet with notes of roasted malt, alcohol, coffee, prunes, and some spices. The flavor is sweet malty with strong notes roasted malt, licorice, soy sauce, prunes, and some coffee. The finish is dry woody, roasted, and bitter. Thanks fonefan and Brugmansia for sharing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2008
at 13:21
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Medium offwhite head. Hazy reddish amber body with light carbonation. Powerful mango hop aroma with metallic notes. Dry-sweet wooden mango and pepper taste with metallic notes. Fullish body, sharpish mouthfeel. Dry peppery mango aftertaste. Very nice and drinkable. (0.75l bottle, Ølbutikken, København.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2008
at 07:15
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled. A deep red beer with an orangey head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of caramel, pumpernickel bread, and alcohol. The flavor is very sweet with strong notes of pumpernickle bread and caramel, as well as medium notes of alcohol. The finish is dry with a touch of spices. The alcohol tickles the tongue.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2008
at 06:56